An integrated approach for patching laptops and desktop

Risk Free Patch Management

Orb Data’s Patch Management as a Service (PMaaS) solution uses IBM Endpoint Manager (BigFix)—built on BigFix® technology. This offers an alternative to multiple, fragmented technologies and point solutions by offering the industry’s only single-console, single-agent platform that addresses operations, security and compliance initiatives in real-time and at global scale.

BigFix allows a user to answer the following questions:

What’s on my network? How is it configured?

How do I know when a patch is needed or that it was installed properly?

What’s the compliance status of my endpoints? What about ones that are roaming?

How quickly can I respond to a security exposure?

And to top it all, fast-moving threats, compliance audits, cost reduction pressures and distributed computing all contribute to the need to work faster and smarter

3 Steps to Successful Patch Management

Operators can review, prioritise, schedule and deploy patches by right clicking on the patch

The agent confirms that a patch has been successfully deployed.

Real time reporting allows you to audit and assess the patch compliance across your enterprise

How will we patch your environment?

Monitor and research software vendor patch sources - Using BigFix we will monitor vendor patch sources for new content that is applicable to the operating systems and applications that form part of this service.

Analyse customer's environment for missing patches - Using BigFix Orb Data will identify all devices that are applicable targets for operating system and application patches that form part of this service.

Prioritise and schedule patch deployments - Orb Data will interact with designated customer IT department to priorities and schedule patch deployments. This will be done on a weekly basis.

Test and certify patch for deployment - Orb Data will test and certify patches for deployment, using relevant test devices provided by the customer. The customer will provide sign off for all patch certifications.

Deploy patch according to the customer's change management process - Orb Data will be provided access to the the customer's change management process to enable correct deployment of patches.

Confirm patch has been successfully deployed to target clients - Orb Data will provide detailed reports showing the deployment success of all certified for deployment patches.

Update the customer's configuration standards - To avoid continually deploying the same patches to new build or re-imaged devices, after a period of 3 months patches will be included in the customer's standard images.

Audit clients to ensure they are patch compliant - Using BigFix Orb Data will continually audit all devices that are part of this service for operating system and application patch compliance.

About Us

Orb Data brings together People, Process and Technology to deliver the cornerstone of business success: the management of IT infrastructure. At our heart are our people. We have unrivalled experience, helping us to achieve an enviable reputation for excellence in project delivery. Because we’re independent, we identify actual issues and help organisations resolve them –from spec to deployment, and beyond –providing the right solution in terms of best of breed technology and support. We offer a refreshingly simple approach to the way we conduct business. We take pride in our abilities to provide first class solutions to business problems, and to conduct working relationships with honesty and integrity.